OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CHERYL L. BROWN 117
WEST DUVAL STREET,
DIRECTOR 4TH FLOOR, CITY
HALL
OFFICE (904) 630-1452
FAX (904) 630-2906
E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net
LUZ COMMITTEE AGENDA MEETING MINUTES -
AMENDED
December 3, 2013
1:00 p.m.
City Council Conference Room A
Suite 425, City Hall
117 West Duval Street
Attendance: Council Members Lori Boyer (Chair), Robin Lumb, Jim
Love
Also: Jason
Gabriel – Office of General Counsel; Philip Zamarron – Legislative Services
Division
See attached sign-in sheet
for additional attendees.
Chairwoman Boyer called the meeting
to order at 1:00 p.m. and reviewed the marked agenda which contained 19 items
marked for deferral, 5 items ready for action (1 to be substituted and
re-referred), and 6 items for second reading and re-referral.
2013-335 and -336 (land use
amendment and rezoning on Newcomb Road): will be deferred unless Planning and
Development Director Calvin Burney has met with the applicant and/or Council
Member Lee and obtained Ms. Lee’s approval for the bill to be considered.
2013-341 and -342 (land use
amendment and rezoning on St. Johns Avenue): Steve Diebenow representing the
applicant stated that it has been 8 months since the bill was introduced, the
applicant has met numerous times with the district council member and with the
neighborhood and agreed to numerous changes, and still the bill is being
deferred. His client does not want the
bill to be deferred for another 6 weeks (due to the Council’s holiday
break). Chairwoman Boyer stated that
tonight’s recommended deferral would be only the second deferral in LUZ, and
pledged that the bill will be moved for action on January 7, 2014.
2013-493 (amendments to the
off-site sign regulations): Jason Gabriel reported that after the bill is
substituted it will need to be re-advertised for additional public hearings as
if starting the process over. Ms. Boyer informed the Planning Department that
she wants the staff report available at least 10 days before the substitute
returns to the LUZ agenda.
2013-702 (rezoning on Lem
Turner Road): Wyman Duggan representing the applicant stated that he was
unaware of the request for deferral from the district council member until this
meeting, and requested that the bill not be scheduled for action until the
January 22nd LUZ meeting.
Ms. Boyer stated that the
January 7, 2014 meeting has the potential to be extremely lengthy if 3
contentious items are all heard that night.
She asked the attorneys representing the 3 applicants to contact their
clients to see if any would be willing to move their items from January 7th
to a later date, and said that she would talk to the Council President about
the possibility of scheduling an additional LUZ meeting during the first week
of January to handle the overload.
Ms. Boyer reminded the group
of the 4:30 workshop meeting prior to the 5:00 regular committee meeting.
There being no further
business, the agenda meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
Jeff Clements, Council Research
Division (904) 630-1404
Posted
12.3.13
3:00
p.m.